Nymphadoras Shrimp Carbonara Recipes

CHICKEN AND SHRIMP CARBONARA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly flour chicken cubes and shrimp.
• Put 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet, then heat over medium heat.
• Add chicken and shrimp; cook 4 to 5 minutes or until no pink remains in the chicken. Transfer to a platter and keep warm.
• Heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat in the same skillet.
• Add bacon or pancetta and onion; cook about 3 to 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Add chicken, shrimp, salt and white pepper; cook 2 minutes over medium heat.
• Add white wine; cook approximately 2 minutes or until wine has reduced by one-half.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs, cream, and Italian parsley together until well blended.
• Add Parmesan cheese.
• Stir until combined.
• Pour chicken and shrimp mixture into the egg mixture.
• Stir well.
• Pour into a casserole shaped Pyrex baking dish.
• Bake in a 350-degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until it begins to golden around the edges and the top.
• Lightly dust top with a little bit of cracked black pepper and Parmesan cheese.

CHICKEN AND SHRIMP CARBONARA

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir chicken with 1 tablespoon garlic and 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning, until cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer chicken to a bowl and set aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon garlic and 1 tablespoon olive oil in the same pan. Fry shrimp until red on the outside and white on the inside, 6 to 8 minutes. Place with the chicken.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Cook linguine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain.
• Add bacon to the pan; cook until just crispy, not crunchy, about 6 minutes. Drain on 2 paper towels. Saute onion in the bacon grease until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• While onion is sauteeing, mix cream, Parmesan cheese, egg yolks, salt, pepper, and remaining Italian seasoning together in a bowl.
• Pour wine into the pan with the onions. Increase heat and bring to a boil. Cook until wine is mostly evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add the creamy egg mixture and reduce heat. Simmer until sauce begins to thicken, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the chicken and shrimp; mix to coat. Serve on top of pasta.

SHRIMP CARBONARA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain and immediately return spaghetti to pot.
• While spaghetti is cooking, place shrimp in a large pan over medium heat. Add 1/2 the olive oil; season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir until shrimp is mostly opaque, about 5 minutes. Add shrimp to the pot of cooked and drained pasta; cover and keep warm.
• Heat the remaining olive oil in the same pan. Cook and stir onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute more. Add milk and half-and-half; cook until heated through, about 3 minutes.
• Pour 1/4 cup of the milk mixture into a bowl; add eggs and stir until warmed through. Pour into the pot with the shrimp and pasta and add the milk mixture. Top with Parmesan cheese and parsley.

TORTELLINI CARBONARA

Steps:

• Cook tortellini as directed on package; drain and set aside.
• Cook bacon in pan until crisp, remove bacon to paper towel; crumble when cool.
• Drain grease out of pan -reserve small amount.
• Saute garlic in left over grease. 1 minute.
• Return tortellini to pan. Add bacon, Parmesan cheese and remaining ingredients; toss gently.
• Serve immediately.

SHRIMP LINGUINI CARBONARA

Steps:

• In a large wide frying pan over medium heat, melt the butter.
• Add the pancetta and fry until almost crisp.
• Add the mushrooms and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from the heat, cover and keep warm.
• In a bowl, beat together the eggs, grated romano cheese, the cream and salt and pepper; set aside.
• Cook the linguini until almost al dente.
• Drain the linguini, add it to the frying pan holding the pancetta and mushrooms and raise the heat to high.
• Add the shrimp and the egg mixture and stir vigorously until the eggs are firm but not dry, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and serve immediately.

THE BEST CARBONARA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat.
• Whisk together the eggs, yolks, Parmesan, Pecorino, pepper and butter if using in a large bowl until well combined.
• Add the pasta and cook as the label directs. Reserve 1 cup cooking water, then drain the pasta.
• Meanwhile, cook the pancetta in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 8 minutes. Add the spaghetti and half the reserved pasta cooking water to the skillet and toss to combine.
• Add the egg mixture and toss to coat. Cook, tossing continuously to avoid scrambling the eggs, until the sauce is creamy, thinning it with the remaining pasta water if it becomes too thick (it should be saucy but not watery), about 1 minute.
• Divide the pasta among plates and sprinkle with more grated Parmesan.